DVD Studio Pro Quits everytime I hit simulate.

Hi,
My DVDSP is doing something weird. Whenever I bring in an asset and hit simulate, the application quits. It does this with every MPEG-2 I bring in. Funny thing,if I save it, and restart my computer it works...Which is unacceptable.
Any way to resolve this?
OS10.5.8
Imac 2.8GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo
DVDSP 4.2.1

I use Compressor to create my MPEG-2s. I have used this setting for several years and never had a problem. It is very odd that I need to restart my computer in order to simulate. I am using the MPEG-2 / 6.2 Mbps 2 Pass - Best Quality 90 minutes setting. My movie is only an hour, but this happens on every MPEG-2 I create.
Thanks,
Gary

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